Alex Pretti
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Colorado delegation splits in House vote to end federal government shutdown
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Colorado’s U.S. House members divided mostly along party lines Tuesday in separate votes on a funding deal to end the federal government’s partial shutdown, while giving Congress more time to negotiate long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Lawmakers passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package that finishes funding the vast majority of federal…
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Colorado’s Democratic delegation calls for Noem’s removal, ICE overhaul
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The Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on Tuesday called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or be impeached in the wake of the second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minnesota this month amid mounting criticism of the Trump administration’s deportation policies. In addition, the state’s two Democratic senators,…
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Gun rights groups split with Trump administration over Minnesota shooting
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The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is opening a new fault line between President Donald Trump and his conservative base, as gun rights groups denounce what they say are a series of anti-Second Amendment statements justifying the shooting. The Trump administration has faced withering GOP criticism after officials argued that Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU…
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Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis sparks tense debate on Colorado Senate floor
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The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in the hands of Border Patrol agents over the weekend prompted a debate among Colorado senators on Monday, with Democrats saying he and others were just exercising their rights, while Republicans questioned bringing a loaded weapon to a protest. “We are witnessing the conflation of immigration status, dissent,…
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Colorado Democrats react to Alex Pretti’s death in Minnesota
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Colorado’s Democrats called for an “impartial” investigation into the death of a man shot by a federal agent during an immigration operation on Saturday. Meanwhile, the chief of the Border Patrol defended the shooting, saying Alex Pretti inserted himself in an ongoing law enforcement operation. Gov. Jared Polis called the shooting “tragic and unacceptable.” Pretti’s…
